Section 40:1300.35 - Duty of medical practitionersA. Any medical practitioner, in discharging his duty to a disabled person whom he has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make a reasonable search for an identifying device, and, if the identifying device is found, may make a reasonable search for an identification card of the type described in Section 1300.33(B).B. There shall be no cause of action against a medical practitioner for making a reasonable search of a disabled person to locate an identifying device, and if the identifying device is found, for making a reasonable search for an identification card of the type described in Section 1300.33(B).La. Public Health and Safety § 40:1300.35
Added by Acts 1978, No. 399, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.75 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.Added by Acts 1978, No. 399, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.75 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.